The following are collections of reference works.
Bartleby.com Major reference works including encyclopedias, style and usage guides, quotations, books on religion and mythology etc.
Martindale's The Reference Desk Reference material with an emphasis on the sciences.
Oxford Reference Online This database contains over 100 major reference books that cover a wide range of subject areas, from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Acronym Finder All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources Dictionary of Abbreviations Text Messaging Abbreviations (Webopedia) Smiley Faces and Emoticons
Guinness World Records Infoplease Almanac
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Canadians deceased from 1000-1930
Biography.com
Addall - used and out of print books
Advanced Book Exchange - out of print books
Alibris - used books
Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Chapters.Indigo.ca Douglas College Bookstore Textbook BuyBack Northwest Passages - Canadian literature book store
Powell's Books Publishers' Catalogues - includes bookstores
BC Facts Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Translink Bus Schedules - Lower mainland, British Columbia
Basic Math Calculator Calculators Online Center - Martindale's
Distance Calculator Inflation Calculator - Bank of Canada
3-Way Percent Calculator - Calculates different percentage problems
Douglas College Calendar College and University calendars can be found on the website of most institutions. Go to the following sites to find the University or College of your choice:
Canadian Universities ,
American Universities
About Canada - Government of Canada
Canada Year Book - Overview 2008 Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection (covers 1867-1967)
The Canadian Encyclopedia Online Canadian Heritage Lists resources on Canadian history, art, people, places, sports, and media
The Symbols of Canada - Symbols and music of Canada
CBC Archives - Over 5000 radio and television clips, updated weekly.
Citizenship Test - Douglas College
Canadian Citizenship Practice Test - Richmond Public Library
Citizenship and Immigration Canada A Look at Canada - The Canadian Citizenship Test is based on this booklet.
Red Book Online Guide to community, social and government agencies and services in the Lower Mainland and British Columbia.
PC Webopaedia - Encyclopedia of Computer Technology
Currency Converter Exchange Rates International Time Zone Converter
WWW Unit Converter
Douglas College Copyright Guide
Access Copyright
Canadian Copyright Act
Langara Copyright Guide
Oxford Guide to Countries of the World - Oxford University Press
Country Reports (available through Business Source Complete)
Background Notes US State Department. "Provides information on geographic entities and international organizations."
Country Insights - Country facts and cultural information such as etiquette.
Country Profiles - British Broadcasting Corporation
Country Studies This Library of Congress site covers information regarding the culture and society of various countries.
Cultural Profiles Project This Citizenship and Immigration Canada website features country profiles that focus on people, lifestyles, cultures and customs.
Infonation Contains geographical, economic, demographic and social indicators data for UN member countries.
World Factbook Contains country profiles and statistical data.
English Language American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Canadian Oxford Dictionary Merriam-Webster Online The New Oxford American Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary Roget's International Thesaurus Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Bartleby.com - Includes a number of dictionaries and thesauri
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Other Languages
English-Spanish Dictionary
French-English Dictionary
French Conjugator
Leo German-English Dictionary
Onelook Dictionary
BC Libraries PubList - Directory of serials worldwide, based on Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory.
Red Book Online Guide to community, social and government agencies and services in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia.
Embassy World
Canadian Encyclopedia Online Columbia Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of British Columbia Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Oxford Reference Online - includes major subject encyclopedia
Wikipedia World Book Online World Encyclopedia
CGA Canada - Past Examinations
General Education Development (GED)
Provincial Examinations - British Columbia
Images Canada
Image Collection (EBSCO) NYPL Digital Gallery Smithsonian Images American Memory Google Image Search Image Gallery - Virtual Museum of Canada Yahoo Images The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Museum of Modern Art Smithsonian Galaxy of Images
Canada Department of Justice Canada CanLII - case law and legislation from across Canada.
Justice Laws - consolidated statutes and regulations of Canada
Canada Gazette - proposed legislation and recent enactments & amendments
Canada's Parliament - links to Bills, Debates, Journals etc.
Canadian Charter of Rights Decisions Digest Federal Court of Canada Decisions Supreme Court of Canada Decisions Correctional Service of Canada
British Columbia
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal - Decisions
Courts of British Columbia
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Provincial Court of British Columbia
BC Laws - free access to British Columbia Statutes and Regulations.
The Atlas of Canada Blank and Outline Maps - About.com
Map Quest Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - University of Texas
Map Machine - National Geographic
Atlas of the world with political, physical and satellite maps.
United Nations Cartographic Section World Maps - Oxford Reference Online
Google Maps United Nations Cartographic Section World Fact Book
MedlinePlus: Drug Information MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia Merck Manuals Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary Concise Medical Dictionary - Oxford Reference Online
BBC News Canada Newswire CBC Newsworld CNN The Globe and Mail National Post The New York Times The Paperboy The Province The Tyee Vancouver Sun US News Archive on the Web
Canada Post - Postal code information
Postal Code Lookup - US and Canadian
Universal Postal Union - Worldwide postal code information
AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors The Association of American University Presses Publishers' Catalogues PubList - Directory of serials worldwide, based on Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Columbia University
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations Quoteworld.org Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Bible - King James Version
Internet Sacred Text Archive Koran Navigating the Bible - contains translations of the Torah and other basic texts
Unbound Bible
Symbols.com
Statistics
Canada 411 Canada 411: reverse phone; reverse address InfoSpace - one stop search
Mytelus Phone Book
Douglas College Textbooks
Roget's International Thesaurus Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
Theses Canada Use the advanced search feature to search for full text Canadian theses.
Canada Time Zones - Time Temperature.com
World Time Zones
Google News Timeline Timeline by Year - InfoPlease
Timeline by Decade - Kingwood Library
Transfer Guide Credit transfer information for BC colleges and universities.
Babel Fish Translation Dictionary.com Translator - includes Chinese, Hindi, and Japanese
Directory of Canadian Universities Education Planner - Guide to post-secondary education in BC
Schoolfinder.com - Canadian university and college information.
Transfer Guide - Credit transfer information for BC colleges and universities.
Writing and Grammar Writing a College Paper: A Booklist
Vancouver 5 Day Weather Forecast - Environment Canada
The Weather Network Weather Office - Environment Canada
Weather Underground Yahoo Weather Server 
